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THINGS I NEED:Emergency gasoline- or propane-powered generator of 2500 watts or better

THINGS I WANT:Books: Roads to Quoz: An American Mosey by William Least Heat Moon; The Round House by Louise Erdrich; Some Assembly Required by Annie and Sam Lamott; Silk Parachute by John McPheeFruit, cheese, and/or nutsNon-acidic file storage boxes1 small container treacleDecent working vacuum cleaner (have an electric broom, need heavier duty)Birdseed that attracts cardinals, jays, buntings, juncos, nuthatches and woodpeckersDVD with "An American in Paris"Cat food: W/D feline kibbleStrawberry potTurntable that converts vinyl to MP3s

ITEMS REMOVED FROM LIST:

"Singing In The Rain" and "Wizard of Oz" [gifted to me by Tammi Castillo]A Simple Revolution by Judy Grahn [gifted to me by Kitty Barber]

"Flight Behavior" by Barbara Kingsolver [gifted to me from Pam I.!!]1 year donation to Heifer International for either chickens or a goat to an African farm woman [gifted to me from Win Farrell and Sheldon Linseth!!]1 year sub to Netflix [gifted to me from Liza Cowan!!]

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BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR GINNY BATES

For background information on the characters and a basic summary of Ginny Bates, read this. For past chapters, go down this column to Labels, find Ginny Bates and follow the numbers in brackets after each label to read the chapter in more or less chronological order.

To see a floorplan of their house, go to the post Setting Up House. For a "genealogy" of the main characters, look at this graphic. To see the map of "their" Seattle, click on this. For a floorplan of their beach house near Galveston, check here. For the floorplan of their second house, after 2013, look here.

Why This Blog?

In the mid 1980's, I began creating a periodic newsletter for a close circle of friends, sharing information and thoughts -- like a holiday letter, only several times a year. I consumed a great deal of press-on typeface, Dover uncopyrighted graphics, and offset printing services. Sometimes I miss those days, the hands-on tangibility of it all. Two of those newsletters became infamous: The one where I was taken in by the "Alien Autopsy" fake documentary on Fox and wrote everybody about how this had to be exposed (listen, it was a difficult year for me) and the one where I sent everybody a color Xerox of the polyp photographed within my uterus.

My friend AJ brought me into the cyberworld, and eventually my newsletters became select group e-mails, named Maggie's Watershed. But now it's time to make use of even more expanded technology (and thanks to Liza Cowan for the nudge). This format will allow you to link easily to sites and sights I'm recommending, and will also give you the chance to comment. Ya'll come back now, heah?